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Assessing the role of cognition prior to transcatheter aortic valve replacement

Year: 2015

Type: article

Abstract: Transcatheter aortic valve replacement offers patients with severe aortic stenosis an opportunity to live longer and better lives. Although this procedure allows clinicians to treat sicker and frailer patients who cannot undergo open heart surgery, age-related comorbidities, specifically cognitive impairment, must factor into the evaluation process.

Source: Cardiovascular and Thoracic Open

DOI: 10.1177/2055552015574621

Authors: Veerawat Phongtankuel, MC Reid, Eugenia L Siegler

Institution: Weill Cornell Medicine

Language: English

Topic: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments

Subfield: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

Funder: National Institute on Aging